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Your Next Car Could Cost $10K and Get 100 MPG

July 25, 2012 /

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The Wikispeed C3 stands for Comfortable Commuter Car, and that’s very much been the goal for Seattle-based software consultant turned automotive designer Joe Justice. Several years ago, he and a bunch of volunteers entered the Progressive Insurance X Prize in a bid to win $10 million for the best, safest 100-mpg car. His Wikispeed team didn’t win, but they placed respectably.

International volunteers use tools like Google Docs and Dropbox as well as fast-paced innovation practices emerging in the software world that allowed them to build an $800 structural carbon fiber car body in three days ahead of last year’s Detroit auto show, according to Forbes.com’s Steve Denning.

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Full Story: http://news.discovery.com/autos/wikispeed-100-mpg-120724.html

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